WEBVTT >> I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULDHAPPEN TO OUR FAMILY, BUT IT ISTHE WORLD WE LIVE IN. REPORTER: THAT WAS ONE DAY AFTER39-YEAR-OLD CHARLES CAVANAUGHWAS SHOT AND KILLED.HIS FAMILY MEMBERS WERE STILL INSHOCK.NOW NEARLY TWO WEEKS LATER, THE3 SURVIVING SUSPECTS ARE ABEHIND BARS.>> THEY ATTEMPT TO DO THISROBBERY, DURING THE COURSE OFTHAT, THE VICTIM WHO ALSO ARMSHIMSELF, AND THERE'S SOME SHOTSFIRED BETWEEN THE VICTIM AND THEGROUP OF FOUR PEOPLE. REPORTER: POLICE SAY 4 PEOPLE,MARLON CARPENTER, SHALETAHARRIS, LYNDIA YARNELL, ANDMILIK LEWIS, PLANNED TO ROBCAVANAUGH AT HIS HOME ON JUNE23.BEFORE CAVANAUGH WAS SHOT ANDKILLED, WE'RE TOLD HE SHOTCARPENTER AND LEWIS.LEWIS DIED.AND CARPENTER WENT TO THEHOSPITAL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TOTHE CHEST. >> IT LOOKS LIKE FROM WHAT WEKNOW, IN TALKING TO THE SUSPECAND THE VICTIMS' ASSOCIATES,THEY KNEW EACH OTHER FROM SOMESORT OF NARCOTICS CONNECTION. REPORTER: DETECTIVES SAYCARPENTER WAS RELEASED FROM THEHOSPITAL TUESDAY AND BOOKED INTOJAIL.ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS,AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE SUSPECTSTHREW AT LEAST ONE OF THEIR GUNSINTO THE OHIO RIVER.THE SUSPECTS, INCLUDING HARRISAND YARNELL, ARE CHARGED WITHBURGLARY, ROBBERY AND TWO COUNTSOF MURDER.>> DURING THE COURSE OF THEIRACTIONS, IT CONTRIBUTED TO THEIRFRIEND, THEIR ACCOMPLICE'SDEATH, SO THEY WILL BE CHARGEDWITH THAT HOMICIDE AS WELL ASTHE HOMICIDE OF THE VICTIM. >> THEY TOOK HIM AWAY FROM US,HE WAS EVERYTHING AND MOREREPORTER: ALL 3 SUSPECTS HAADDITIONAL COURT DATES THISMONTH.

Man shot during deadly robbery attempt now in jail

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Updated: 5:15 PM EDT Jul 5, 2017

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

A man indicted in connection with a deadly double shooting in the Russell neighborhood is now in jail.

Marlon Carpenter is charged with two counts of murder, robbery and tampering with evidence.

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He was shot in the chest during the deadly home invasion. Carpenter was released from the hospital and booked into jail Tuesday.

A grand jury indicted Carpenter, Shalita Harris, Lyndia Yarnell late last month on the charges.

Police said the three and Milik Lewis went to Charles Cavanaugh Jr.'s apartment at 4th and West Jefferson streets on June 23 to rob him.

"They attempt to do this robbery, during the course of that, the victim who also arms himself, and there's some shots fired between the victim and the group of four people," Louisville Metro Police Department Lt. Emily McKinley said.

Before Cavanaugh, 39, was shot to death, he shot Carpenter and Lewis, police said.

Lewis died.

Carpenter was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest.

"It looks like from what we know, in talking to the suspects and the victims' associates, they knew each other from some sort of narcotics connection," McKinley said.

According to court documents, the suspects threw at least one of their guns into the Ohio River after the incident.

"During the course of their actions, it contributed to their friend, their accomplice's death, so they will be charged with that homicide as well as the homicide of the victim," McKinley said.